just wondering if any smart devs have any thoughts on this:
When the Atrix (or i suppose any android device) is in usb storage mode it runs as a simple mass storage device.
So is it possible to boot a PC from the atrix like you would boot a portable OS (Ubuntu, WinPE, ect) from a USB flash drive?
The SD card or the Internal storage has the room for it, but i don't know how you'd go about making either a bootable device.
It'd be a good diagnostic tool when fixing PCs, and along with webtop would make it a awesome tool to use as a tech.
cglowstick said:
just wondering if any smart devs have any thoughts on this:
When the Atrix (or i suppose any android device) is in usb storage mode it runs as a simple mass storage device.
So is it possible to boot a PC from the atrix like you would boot a portable OS (Ubuntu, WinPE, ect) from a USB flash drive?
The SD card or the Internal storage has the room for it, but i don't know how you'd go about making either a bootable device.
It'd be a good diagnostic tool when fixing PCs, and along with webtop would make it a awesome tool to use as a tech.
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I was thinking about this actually.
I think we have to first partion the SD card and install the portable OS on one of those partions.
I don't have an atrix yet but I'm going to try something with my older phone I think I can make this work just give me sometime.
Any luck with this?
I plan on trying GParted (free GUI disk partition editor)... http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
It offers quite an array of filesystem options including, but not limited to:
ext2 / ext3 / ext4
fat16 / fat32
linux-swap
ntfs
ufs
xfs
I'm not sure if my rooted AT&T Atrix will reject my attempts to create an ntfs partition, or if GParted will even recognize it. But it's still worth a try
Bob
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I wanted to buy a 32GB Class 10 card for my GS2, so I can watch movies at my friends houses. That is one of the main reasons I bought this phone. Mostly all of my movies are .MKV files around 8-10GB, but I read somewhere that you can only have videos under 4GB. I understand that is true for Fat32, is that how the SD card will function in the GS2? Is their no way to get it to take larger files? If not I'll just get a 16GB and save some money.
Their is no other format or something that can be done so it will take larger movies?
It might be possible to hack it up to support ext4, but then you'll only be able to read/write the SD card from the phone or a Linux box.
Okay I guess I'll just buy a 16gb since the movies can only be under 4gb
Convert it to ext4 and use this on the windows box. http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-read-ext3ext4-linux-partition-from-windows-7.html
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Okay I'm a noob, so I don't fully understand all of this.
ext4, is a newer format that allows large files?
So android phones can read Fat32 and ext4?
The phone can format in ext4 or you have to use windows for that?
is their any problems with ext4, slow speed problems righting too, not to stable?
Also if I format it to ext4, and I hook it up to my PC, can windows read that? or every PC i'm gonna need some special software to view the SD?
dfxda said:
Okay I'm a noob, so I don't fully understand all of this.
ext4, is a newer format that allows large files?
So android phones can read Fat32 and ext4?
The phone can format in ext4 or you have to use windows for that?
is their any problems with ext4, slow speed problems righting too, not to stable?
Also if I format it to ext4, and I hook it up to my PC, can windows read that? or every PC i'm gonna need some special software to view the SD?
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Ext4 is a filesystem that allows large files, just like NTFS on Windows. Ext4 is the standard filesystem on newer Linux distributions. (Just like its predecessors ext2 and ext3 were). Even ext2 supports large files.
Unfortunately, the situation is that NTFS support on Linux is so-so, and ext4 support on Windows is even poorer. I'm not sure if the solution in the link above will allow write access to ext4 safely - I know as of 2-3 years ago it could read ext3 but not write, it could only write ext2.
Ext4 is vastly superior to FAT - that's why our phone uses it for all of its "non-USB-mountable" filesystems, and why Honeycomb devices use it for "unified" storage. To avoid the issue of ext4 support in Windows, they use MTP instead of USB Mass Storage mode, as MTP is file-oriented (hides the underlying filesystem from the host machine), while USB Mass Storage is block-oriented (the host machine must understand the filesystem format).
I think our phones support MTP, but I'm not sure how well this would play with an "ext4" hack since that wasn't designed into our phone.
Anyway - We have an 800x480 screen, anything above 1GB/hour is going to just be a waste of storage. (Unless you're using an MHL adapter to connect to an HDMI TV.)
My main goal was to be able to copy my 1080p .KMV movies to the SD and play them out at peoples houses using MHL adapter to TV.
So then I can't use NTFS? that's what I use on all my other drives. Is android not able to read that?
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My main goal was to be able to copy my 1080p .KMV movies to the SD and play them out at peoples houses using MHL adapter to TV.
So then I can't use NTFS? that's what I use on all my other drives. Is android not able to read that?
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Not directly. It's possible to compile it into the kernel but I'm not sure how well it'll work.
There's also FUSE and ntfs-3g, but again - not sure how well those will work on an Android device, I've only used ntfs-3g on desktop machines.
Both would require kernel tweaks and probably also initramfs tweaks unless you want to do a lot of manual mounting, I'll try to look at it when I have the time.
Hey thanks for all the help.
I guess then I'll just get the 16gb, and use the fat32 that's made for the phone.
kinda stinks though
Hello,
I have a Droid 3 and I was wondering if it was possible to somehow partition a part of my SD Card off for a virtual flash drive and basically use it as storage without the need to install drivers or anything like that. I tried to search around the forums and it looks like WM5torage would be a good option only if it was available for Android devices. Is there a alternative solution out there for Android devices (one that would work with a Droid 3)?
Basically, I want to use a small virtual drive (that would be located on my phone or SD card) and plug it into arcade games that allow you to store/edit game data on your flash drive. Of course, I would normally use USB Mass Storage mode to do such a thing but it won't work on arcade machines which I'm going to assume is due to the fact that the machines don't have the drivers.
Regards,
~Mark
Hi community,
I plan on buying a new 32gb sdcard for my Xperia ray. What i plan to do is letting the phone use most of the space on the sd card but creating a second partition for a different purpose.
The purpose is to use that partition just like a normal windows(ntfs or fat) usb disk and eventually making it bootable for PC's. I carry my usb stick with me that i made bootable via easyboot and installed the tools i need which i wanna get rid of if my phone has the same capabilities.
Questions are
Will a pc recognize that partition as a bootable device and eventually boot?
If yes, will i need to set anything on my android such as usb debugging etc. after connecting?
or will that partition be independent from the android partition? (i guess this is a low possibility since the partition is on the sdcard and that is mounted to the android os, but may be android calls the partition sdcard thus not hugging the second partition)
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can noone comment on that?
I think the app switch me can do this, but I'm not really sure how that app works.
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Will a pc recognize that partition as a bootable device and eventually boot?
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I boot some of my boxes off of SD cards mounted in USB drive adapters, so I can tell you that it's possible, but I'm not sure about how android handles it.
Hi there.
I think that all android devices support fat32 filesystem, the problems its the storage limitation of 4gb max per file in the sdcard.
I been trying to avoid the limitation of 4gb in all my android devices with this results, giving using different filesystems on my sdcard (ext2, ext3, exfat, ntfs...).
Galaxy s3: supports fat32 and exfat
Chinese tablet aoson m7: Suppots fat32 and ntfs
Chinese phone Lenono A760: Suppots only fat32.
Andoid its based on linux, but none of my devices recognice the sdcard with ext2 or ext3 formats.
Also I don't understand why only the chinese tablet supports NTFS. It's because they paid to microsoft so they can use that filesystem?
How it's possible that any device supports a free filesystem like ext3???
I think that I will get rid of the lenovo a760...I need to use files larger than 4gb.
thank you
Looks like you could root it and enable USB OTG support for a little pen drive or something of that sort. How often are you really going to need that many files bigger than 4 GB on your phone?
http://android-sensor.com/Lenovo_A760/programs/system_software/78-usb-otg-helper-root.html (use Google Translate if you can't read Czech - I know I can't lol)
that link leads to:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.shajul.usbotg
To mount ext partitions automatically, I think you also have to be rooted and run an auto-mount script (or manually via terminal commands). This is not for your phone, but provided as an example and info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2076327
es0tericcha0s said:
Looks like you could root it and enable USB OTG support for a little pen drive or something of that sort. How often are you really going to need that many files bigger than 4 GB on your phone?
http://android-sensor.com/Lenovo_A760/programs/system_software/78-usb-otg-helper-root.html (use Google Translate if you can't read Czech - I know I can't lol)
that link leads to:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.shajul.usbotg
To mount ext partitions automatically, I think you also have to be rooted and run an auto-mount script (or manually via terminal commands). This is not for your phone, but provided as an example and info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2076327
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Thanks, I want to use my phone as bittorrent client, that why i need to use big files often. I'm root.
I don't have a USB OTG cable...
I have the sd card with ext4 format as primary partition and it's not working.
I think that it's not an easy way to use files biger that 4 gb in this chinese phone.
I also tried to NTFS format and this tool https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter&hl=es and the phone freezes often...it's not a solution at all.
It's frustating that a chinese tablet supports perfectly ntfs and the s3 exfat, but with this phone, ther¡s no way...i been trying all day long! I gave up.
thank you anyway.
These are the cheap AndroidTV 6 boxes you can find on eBay, Amazon, Walmart, et al. I'm not concerned with rooting the device, from what I've read that's not possible (at least not if you don't want it permanently tethered to a PC). I am interested in using an external hard drive as external (_NOT_ internal) storage without having to format it FAT32, is that possible?
My issue is, I have a Seagate external hard drive that I would like to use both as a general backup device, and as portable storage for my movie and music collection. My desktop PC runs Ubuntu Linux and I do have files I would like to backup that require (or at least would benefit from) a filesystem that is case-sensitive and preserves Linux permissions. I've tried formatting the drive as ext2, 3 and 4 on my desktop PC and AndroidTV recognizes it, but will not mount it, I only have the options to prepare the drive as "Internal" or "External" storage. If I prepare it as internal storage, I find that it's formatted as FAT32 with a similar directory structure as the SD card in my Android phone. If I prepare it as external storage, I find that there is a single partition that my desktop sees as "unknown" (I'm assuming it's an encrypted ext2, 3 or 4 fs). Partitioning doesn't help, I've tried splitting the drive evenly between FAT32 and ext4 partitions and my AndroidTV box can see and mount the FAT32 partition but cannot safely unmount it (I'm assuming because of the second partition that it can't do anything with).
Is there anything I can do, without rooting the device, to get it to recognize ext2, 3 or 4 (or literally _any_ other Linux compatible, case-sensitive filesystem) as external storage?
I suggest use plex server on Ubuntu and let the hdd always connected to Ubuntu. Access media content from plex app on mi box
I suggest to check out Emby
It is an open source media server which worth a try.
Mi Box different models. consfused please help!!
The Mi Box reviews are available all over the internet.
But it is becoming very difficult for a noob like me to understand what features are there in each model.
I have been looking at MDZ-16AB, 3C, 3S etc. it is very confusing to understand which is predecessor of whom.
One comparison that i see here but is has completely different naming convention to understand
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Then there is one Mi Box which is avialable with SD card option, OTG option, which version is this?
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Can someone please tell which version is the best? I plan to use it overseas and buy it in US.
Any other box that I should consider (I wish to have Google Cast functionality in that box)
Please help.